Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Regarding clinical evaluations, the experts listed the following recommendations: › BMI should be used only for measuring health risk at the population level, conducting epidemiological studies, or screening. It should not be used as an individual measure of health. ›

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. Albans, Vermont can be screened for hereditary cancer risk if needed. Understanding Hereditary Cancer Risk That’s why she started a screening program at NMC. The screening program has had enormous success. She doesn’t hear “no” too often.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs.

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AMMD

MAY 6, 2025

In this article, I explore how to support women again at every stage. Adrenal Support is my number one tool for managing adrenal fatigue. When it is time for bed, dim the lights and limit screen time to help you wind down for a good night’s rest. There’s even quite a difference between women aging and men aging.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 22, 2025

Including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn screening program. SENATE HHS OMNIBUS BILL PROGRESS On the Senate side, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee unveiled its omnibus budget bill last week and passed it out of committee to the Finance Committee. The omnibus bill includes many of the MAFP’s priorities.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Experts shared updated guidance for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) in a recent viewpoint article published in Blood Advances. The post A Practical Guide for CLL/SLL Management, Part 2: Imaging & Prognostication first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 12, 2025

Sometimes, their private visions diverge from their public ones, and this article shares what they won’t admit publicly through four lenses. For example, the generative AI model developed in collaboration between NVIDIA and Recursion Pharmaceuticals demonstrated its unique screening prowess. It can screen more than 2.8

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 19, 2025

Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Blog Article These essential strategies will enable your practice to safeguard digital assets and ensure compliance. Even innocuous habits— scrolling social media at the nurses’ station —can expose screens to wandering eyes or distract staff from patient care.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 19, 2025

Your blood pressure management is an important vital sign that can significantly affect your overall health. This article explores common signs and symptoms, risk factors associated with blood pressure abnormalities, and when medical attention may be warranted. A normal diastolic pressure is under 80 mmHg.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I will have an article about the dangers of gadolinium dye soon. I also did a screening blood test to look for circulating tumor cells, which I will have an article on this soon! A simple blood test to screen for cancer risk in patients is growing in demand. 8) Galleri is another blood test screening option.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

He has written ten books on practice management and the business of medicine. Physicians Practice Pearls Profiles is a dynamic new feature designed to bring our trusted columnists off the page and onto your screen. Our goal is to humanize expertise while adding fresh energy to your practice.

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FDA Law

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The support FDA offers for its proposition – which comes from a mixture of sources, including a few published scientific articles, newspaper stories, FDA’s experience with LDTs with COVID, anecdotes, older case studies, and class action lawsuits – is singularly unconvincing. The proposed rule similarly ignores the benefits of LDTs.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 26 Oct 2023) [link] Sagar J, Kumar V, Shah DK. It has a long and non-branching course and ends toward the right lower quadrant.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Since the first issuance of FDA’s guidance Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1, “Biological evaluation of medical devices – Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process” in 2016, sponsors submitting premarket submissions to FDA have had the option of using these techniques to evaluate certain biocompatibility endpoints.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. Eric 16:36 Okay, Connie, I got one last question about your article. Michelle 35:24 So we did a little different study design than the other articles we’ve heard about today.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 16, 2025

is one of only a few countries in the world that relies on colonoscopy as a primary method of screening for colorectal cancer (rather than reserving it for the evaluation of people who test positive on stool-based screenings).

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. From lab work to screenings, consistent care means catching problems before they escalate. Preventive Care that Works Primary care is your first line of defense.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

There are a lot of old myths out there about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTI’s in older adults. Then we chat with Scott Bauer, internist and researcher at UCSF, about how to assess and manage lower urinary tract symptoms in men. So I actually got started in cancer screening also, thanks to some mutual colleagues.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Whether you’re managing a chronic condition, seeking preventive care, or dealing with an urgent health issue, primary care is the foundation of good health. It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. What is Primary Care?

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Read the American Journal of Public Health article, " T alking About “Firearm Injury” and “Gun Violence”: Words Matter." Users can navigate pre-deployment preparation, on-the-ground assistance, post-deployment resources, and more—at the touch of a button from the home screen. LINK to article

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We discuss our favorite articles, parody songs, and memories from AGS meetings past, with a little preview of a song for this years meeting. We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Nancy 04:51 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. Jessie, last time we had you on in 2017, we asked you the question, should palliative care fellowship training include management of chronic pain? Eric: Which brings us to an article.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). We saw that around 60% of people were screening positive for depression in the last month before death. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms?

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

Edwards edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Andrew Zinin Gaby Clark scientific editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Andrew Zinin lead editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Editors notes This article has been reviewed according to Science Xs editorial process and policies.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Analyses included the modified intention-to-treat (mITT) population. The results showed that from January 3, 2019, to February 25, 2023, 292 individuals were screened, and 105 were randomly assigned. The primary composite outcome was all-cause mortality or clinically significant rebleeding within 1 year.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004. 2023.11.004.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Because a lot of my colleagues, who are like transplant coordinators for example, are asking, “Can you help us better screened for which older adults would be fit enough to go for transplant? There’s really no added extra resource or time that the coordinators really need to put to doing the screening, themselves.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. I guess, I’d say, and I said this in the article, we saw more movement on the FACT-G subscales of social and emotional quality of life.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. I had it on my screen. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families. We’re here to talk about palliative care oncology.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Think of the 10 years it takes to benefit from colon or breast cancer screening, which is designed to detect slow growing cancers. This tool provides a clinical recommendation for starting/stopping medications and cancer screening based on the prognosis of the patient in front of you. It’s in the title of this article.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. Eric 11:13 And, Tyler, that’s why I loved your article at J Gym on bringing music and benefits to patients at the bedside. You might see me on the TV screens next year.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

The commonest strategy to manage acute pain in preterm babies is to give them sucrose , a sugar solution. One of these sites does not use sucrose for acute pain management. We found no link between preterm babies later behavior and how much sucrose they were given to manage pain. Whats more, pain isnt always managed.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

And it kind of made its way into medicine probably around, I’m going to say the 50s after there was a fairly interesting Time Life article that was published. And when that article went to print, it just went ballistic. They communicated by looking at a letter screen and it would track his eye movements. Gordon Alwasa.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t. So basic pain management goals of care conversations.

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Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Baseline for Chronic Disease Monitoring If you’re managing chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension, physical exams allow us to monitor key health indicators and make necessary adjustments to your treatment plan. At Edge Family Medicine , we prioritize early detection to provide timely care and prevent complications.

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